Keyword: automotive

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Creating Moods with Ambient Lighting in the Automobile Industry

02.10.2014 - Colors and light affect how we feel. That is why auto makers are placing greater focus on interior lighting elements. For this, the industry needs special light-guiding materials...

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DuPont to Lift Output of Ethylene Copolymers in Texas

19.09.2014 - DuPont is planning to invest more than $100 million in expanding output of ethylene copolymers output at its Texas plants over the next three to four years. Without providing...

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Lanxess Expands High-tech Plastics Production in USA

15.08.2014 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is expanding its Gastonia, North Carolina, compounding facility for high-tech plastics by adding a second production line. The expansion...

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Evonik to Build New Silica Plant in Brazil

23.07.2014 - Evonik has announced plans to produce precipitated silicas in Americana, part of São Paulo, Brazil. The company said it will invest a mid-double-digit million euro sum in the...

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BASF Inaugurates Mobile Emissions Catalysts Plant in Poland

21.07.2014 - BASF has inaugurated its new production plant for mobile emissions catalysts in Sroda Slaska, a Special Economic Zone near Wroclaw, Poland. The facility, the German group's largest...

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Linde Starts Small-series Production for Hydrogen Stations

15.07.2014 - German industrial gases producer Linde has officially opened what it says is the world's first small-series production facility for hydrogen fuelling stations in Vienna, Austria....

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Cytec and Dralon in Carbon Fiber Collaboration

14.07.2014 - US-based Cytec Industries has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with German manufacturer of acrylic fibers Dralon to explore and develop large-tow industrial grade carbon...

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LG Chem Signs MOU to Build China EV Battery Plant

03.07.2014 - South Korea's LG Chem has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a factory for electric vehicle batteries in China by 2015, betting on growing demand in the world's top car...